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Overview UNITE ABINGTON is a group of concerned Abington citizens supporting and mobilizing an override effort to restore and stabilize ALL of our town services.
Where We Are (a few "low-lights") Senior Center – Closed Station Two – Closed Funding for Council on Aging slashed to $20k Funding for Park & Recreation slashed to $20k $25 Field Maintenance Fee likely to rise to $75 - $100 per child per sport 2 police officers per shift on patrol Highway reduced staff from 14 to 5 workers and unable to maintain normal street – drain and other issues. Not to mention the Park & Recreation duties they’ve been mandated to handle. Library – potentially lose aid funding Residential property values continue to plummet High School on warning status – probation in the immediate future
Where We Want To Go Police: Funding for civilian dispatchers and records clerk; enables one additional officer to patrol streets of Abington Fire: Open Station 2 and all shifts return to 5 men Highway: Hire back four of the nine previously laid-off workers Library: Funding for minimum level of service to maintain state library aid funding Council on Aging: Restore partial salary for COA Director; maintain programs, provides funding for utilities and expenses Park & Recreation: Partially restore service – $75 field maintenance fees eliminated Schools: Restore HS programs to remove NEASC warning status; programs restored to middle schools
Override $ Breakdown Override Amounts Cost Per Year POLICE $ 318,515 $ 54 FIRE $ 225,772 $ 38 SCHOOL $ 597,960 $101 HIGHWAY $ 133,515 $ 23 COUNCIL ON AGING $ 62,000 $ 11 LIBRARY $ 71,239 $ 12 PARK & REC $ 172,171 $ 29 TRASH $ 15,388 $ 3 $1,596,560 *$271 Based On Average Abington Home: $312,000 *Not including debt exclusion
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